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CVE-2020-1971

The X.509 GeneralName type is a generic type for representing different types of names.

Impact

The X.509 GeneralName type is a generic type for representing different types of names. One of those name types is known as EDIPartyName. OpenSSL provides a function GENERAL_NAME_cmp which compares different instances of a GENERAL_NAME to see if they are equal or not. This function behaves incorrectly when both GENERAL_NAMEs contain an EDIPARTYNAME. A NULL pointer dereference and a crash may occur leading to a possible denial of service attack. OpenSSL itself uses the GENERAL_NAME_cmp function for two purposes: 1) Comparing CRL distribution point names between an available CRL and a CRL distribution point embedded in an X509 certificate 2) When verifying that a timestamp response token signer matches the timestamp authority name (exposed via the API functions TS_RESP_verify_response and TS_RESP_verify_token) If an attacker can control both items being compared then that attacker could trigger a crash. For example if the attacker can trick a client or server into checking a malicious certificate against a malicious CRL then this may occur. Note that some applications automatically download CRLs based on a URL embedded in a certificate. This checking happens prior to the signatures on the certificate and CRL being verified. OpenSSL's s_server, s_client and verify tools have support for the "-crl_download" option which implements automatic CRL downloading and this attack has been demonstrated to work against those tools. Note that an unrelated bug means that affected versions of OpenSSL cannot parse or construct correct encodings of EDIPARTYNAME. However it is possible to construct a malformed EDIPARTYNAME that OpenSSL's parser will accept and hence trigger this attack. All OpenSSL 1.1.1 and 1.0.2 versions are affected by this issue. Other OpenSSL releases are out of support and have not been checked. Fixed in OpenSSL 1.1.1i (Affected 1.1.1-1.1.1h). Fixed in OpenSSL 1.0.2x (Affected 1.0.2-1.0.2w).

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
OpensslOpenssl
from 1.0.2 before 1.0.2x
from 1.1.1 before 1.1.1i
DebianDebian Linux
Versions 9.0, 10.0
FedoraprojectFedora
Versions 32, 33
OracleApi Gateway
Version 11.1.2.4.0
OracleBusiness Intelligence
Versions 5.5.0.0.0, 5.9.0.0.0, 12.2.1.3.0, 12.2.1.4.0
OracleCommunications Cloud Native Core Network Function Cloud Native Environment
Version 1.10.0
OracleCommunications Diameter Intelligence Hub
from 8.0.0 through 8.1.0
from 8.2.0 through 8.2.3
OracleCommunications Session Border Controller
Versions cz8.2, cz8.3, cz8.4
OracleCommunications Session Router
Versions cz8.2, cz8.3, cz8.4
OracleCommunications Subscriber-Aware Load Balancer
Versions cz8.2, cz8.3, cz8.4
OracleCommunications Unified Session Manager
Version scz8.2.5
OracleEnterprise Communications Broker
Versions pcz3.1, pcz3.2, pcz3.3

Weakness classification

CWE-476

References